I think it’s entirely possible they displace Lingard and Pereira this season in the first 11 by the end. That’d also let Ole focus on buying for depth rather than big name additions next summer.

Hate to say it, but I don’t think Chong is gonna make it here long term.

I know you're just saying your opinion about Chong, that's fine. If it turned out to be the case though, I really hope that he's given a good amount of opportunities before Ole comes to that conclusion. Ole's rightly taking the club back to it's values of bringing academy players through to the first team. By doing that, you're understandably going to get some players along the way who don't make it. That's inevitable. I want him to give those he brings through enough opportunities though so he's as sure as he can be of whether he believes a player will make it or not.

All three need to be given a good number of appearances this season to give them a proper chance to continue their development in the first team. He's said he will, it rightly looks like Greenwood will be a regular part of the first team this season, that's a brilliant start, and hopefully we see the other two as a minimum in the cups.

I think it’s entirely possible they displace Lingard and Pereira this season in the first 11 by the end. That’d also let Ole focus on buying for depth rather than big name additions next summer.

Hate to say it, but I don’t think Chong is gonna make it here long term.

I know you're just saying your opinion about Chong, that's fine. If it turned out to be the case though, I really hope that he's given a good amount of opportunities before Ole comes to that conclusion. Ole's rightly taking the club back to it's values of bringing academy players through to the first team. By doing that, you're understandably going to get some players along the way who don't make it. That's inevitable. I want him to give those he brings through enough opportunities though so he's as sure as he can be of whether he believes a player will make it or not.

All three need to be given a good number of appearances this season to give them a proper chance to continue their development in the first team. He's said he will, it rightly looks like Greenwood will be a regular part of the first team this season, that's a brilliant start, and hopefully we see the other two as a minimum in the cups.

I agree.

Hoping all three of them get at least 10 starts in all comps this year. Let's see what they've got.

I'm just saying that from what I've seen of him, Chong won't be here in 5 years time, whereas I can see Gomes and Greenwood becoming integral like Rashford if managed properly by Ole.

In general, to everyone who thinks Rashford is average... was that not clear?

Maybe it’s because I’ve been up for about 30 hrs straight, but it just seemed like it was directed at someone in here as if they were bashing a Rashford and I didn’t see anyone doing that from the quick scan I did.

In general, to everyone who thinks Rashford is average... was that not clear?

Maybe it’s because I’ve been up for about 30 hrs straight, but it just seemed like it was directed at someone in here as if they were bashing a Rashford and I didn’t see anyone doing that from the quick scan I did.

No just a general musing on the hate that Rashford gets, not just in this thread. Seems to be forum wide that people believe he’s average.